Artist Monograph

Richard Smith, British

British, 1931–2016

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	33.3%
Screenprint	3	25%
Etching	2	16.7%
Acrylic Painting	1	8.3%
Lithography	1	8.3%
Watercolor	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	75%
Painting & Sculpture	2	16.7%
Architecture & Design	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

5

1960s

6

1970s

1

1980s

Classification Types

Print — 7
Painting — 2
Drawing — 2
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	10%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	70%
Large (1–3 m)	1	10%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	10%

Range: 17.8 cm → 321.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	1
1969	2
1971	3
1974	1
1975	1
1976	1
1980	1
1985	1
1987	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
PM Zoom from The Institute of Contemporary Arts Portfolio Print Acc. 626.1965	1963 (published 1964).	Screenprint	composition: 19 × 30" (48.3 × 76.2 cm); sheet: 22 13/16 × 34 15/16" (58 × 88.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Ring-A-Lingling Painting Acc. 46.1971.a-c	1966	Acrylic on shaped canvas with sheet aluminum, in three parts	Each 7' x 7' x 17" (213.4 x 213.4 x 43 cm), overall 7' x 20' 11 3/4" x 17" (213.4 x 640.2 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Ski Goggles Design Acc. 1120.1969	1966	Plastic, foam, and elastic	3 x 7 x 4" (7.6 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Announcement Project Drawing Acc. 1021.1969	(1967)	Cut cardboard covered with treated red paper, metallic paper and cardboard	13 3/4 x 18" (34.9 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	L-B Foundation Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 958.1983	1967	Watercolor and paper-relief	9 x 23" (22.9 x 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
C. Grey Print Acc. 512.1971	(1971)	Screenprint on vacuum formed plastic	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Reiss-Cohen Fund
Proscenium I Print Acc. 511.1971	1971	Etching and aquatint	plate (irreg.): 20 3/8 x 19 1/2" (51.7 x 49.5 cm);sheet: 30 7/16 x 23 1/16" (77.3 x 58.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Reiss-Cohen Fund
Lawson Set (Green tied in 3 sections) Print Acc. 269.1974	1973	Lithograph on cut paper, with cord and punched hole additions	composition (irreg.): 23 1/4 x 28 3/4" (59 x 73 cm); sheet: 23 5/16 x 30 15/16" (59.2 x 78.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
White Rope Painting Acc. 598.1976	1973	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas with metal rods, rope, and string	10' 6" x 57 1/2" (321.2 x 146.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stein Fund
Diary Print Acc. 286.1975.a-h	1975	Screenprint on seven sheets with punched hole additions, string and pole	composition and sheet (each approx.): 20 1/2 x 20 9/16" (52 x 52.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Junior Council Fund
Cartouche I-8 Print Acc. 438.1980	(1979)	Handmade paper and cloth	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Wild Life Print Acc. 173.1987	1985	Aquatint and etching	plate 24 1/8 x 22 5/16" (61.3 x 56.7 cm) sheet 28 5/8 x 39 1/4" (72.7 x 99.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary

The Met (CC0 Open Access) — 1 record

Title / Object	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Culture / Geography	Department	Rights
[Rev. Spirson?] Carte-de-visite	1860s	Albumen silver print	Approx. 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.)		Photographs Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY	Public domain (CC0)